1 files changed, 8 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/test/run-tests.sh b/test/run-tests.sh
index c8869d8..85bbf03 100755
--- a/test/run-tests.sh
+++ b/test/run-tests.sh
@@ -64,19 +64,26 @@ test-abstraction-db-roundtrip.sh"
 PASSED=0
 FAILED=0
 RESULTS=""
+LOG="${TMPDIR:-/tmp}/spine-run-tests.$$"
 
 for t in $TESTS; do
   printf '%s\n' "── $t"
-  if sh "$SCRIPT_DIR/$t" $SPINE_BIN 2>&1 | sed 's/^/   /'; then
+  # the status has to be the test's, not the last command of a pipeline:
+  # "cmd | sed" reports sed's status, which is always 0, and a harness that
+  # cannot fail is worse than no harness
+  if sh "$SCRIPT_DIR/$t" $SPINE_BIN > "$LOG" 2>&1; then
+    sed 's/^/   /' "$LOG"
     PASSED=$((PASSED + 1))
     RESULTS="$RESULTS
   ok    $t"
   else
+    sed 's/^/   /' "$LOG"
     FAILED=$((FAILED + 1))
     RESULTS="$RESULTS
   FAIL  $t"
   fi
 done
+rm -f "$LOG"
 
 echo ""
 echo "summary:$RESULTS"